Found 1 items, similar to calamitousness.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Calamitousness Calamitous \Ca*lam"i*tous\, a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.] [1913 Webster] 1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ten thousands of calamitous persons. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. “This sad and calamitous condition.” --South. “A calamitous prison” --Milton. Syn: Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; wretched; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]